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Position: RHP
Height: 6-5
Weight: 215
Bats/Throws: R-R
Birthdate: July 15, 1991
College: Stanford
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Previously Drafted: Pirates '12 (1)
Projected Draft Round: 1
Not
much has changed for Mark Appel since this time last year. In fact,
there probably are far fewer question marks about his game than there
were entering last spring. Scouts had questions as to whether Appel
was ever going to consistently miss bats, and he passed that test
with flying colors. To be fair, he had already passed that test in
the Cape Cod League in his dominant stint there in 2011, but the
question still seemed to persist. But, the only thing different now
about the Stanford right-handed is that he’s a year older. He
absolutely remains one of the most serious candidates to be the
number one overall selection in June.

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